Erin Gresham, a registered dental hygienist, spoke about children's dental health during a recent meeting of Mom's Spot. Parenting group for mothers with newborns to children age 5. Meetings include breakfast, guest speakers, craft project and free childcare.
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Paradise Irrigation District has continued to express interest in PG&E's DeSabla- Centerville project for the potential benefit of expanded water rights. Paradise >> In response to Pacific Gas and Electric's recent listing of the DeSabla-Centerville hydroelectric project, Paradise Irrigation District has cautiously expressed its interest in the project.
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Oroville >> Earlier this month, we published an article full of online resources to help residents get prepared and stay informed in the case of a local emergency. Afterward, a reader pointed out that one element was overlooked: the possibility of losing internet service during a crisis – and the fact that some people in the region are not connected at home to begin with.
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Snow flurries Thursday around logging trucks and other drivers on Skyway in Magalia as they wait for an accident to clear near Magalia Reservoir. The upper Paradise ridge and foothills of Butte County haven't seen much snow this winter, and Thursday's storm wasn't much to speak of.
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The very next week, Linville will be stepping into a job as program director for the nonprofit Work Training Center, which assists adults with disabilities throughout the county. In an email to this newspaper, she wrote, “I am actually devastated to be leaving.
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Oroville >> An Oroville man accused of committing sex acts with a 6-year-old relative has been held for trial, according to court documents. Cameron Asbury, 30, is charged in Butte County Superior Court with two felony counts of sex/sodomy with a child under 10, two felony counts of oral copulation/sexual penetration with a child under 10, a felony count of lewd act upon a child, and a felony count of using a minor for sex acts, according to the documents.
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Finding water: Trisha and Jim Shear of Magalia smile as they head out onto Lake Oroville in their kayaks from the Bidwell Canyon Marina launch facility earlier this month. “We're just happy that we can find some place we can get in the water,” Trisha said.
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Paradise >> The Butte County Fire Safe Council will host a meeting 9 a.m. Jan. 3 at Town Hall 5555 Skyway, Paradise to discuss budget, projects and invite the community to provide their input concerning the statewide vegetation treatment program . “We need community input by Jan. 12th to move forward in the VTP program,” Executive Director Calli-Jane DeAnda said.
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Peyton Elliott, 15, right, the Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year shakes hands with former Youth of the Year Shane Thomas at the Teen Center in Oroville. Thomas is a former Youth of the Year.
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